New Waterford · Cape Breton
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PVSC + MLS · Area aggregate
Rising, but more slowly than most of Nova Scotia.
New Waterford's price per square foot rose 9% over two years — versus +13% across Nova Scotia, on 104 recent and 111 prior sales. This is an area-wide read, not a per-home estimate or a forecast.
A community within Cape Breton, on Nova Scotia's official governance map.
Sells in a median 25 days · 83 sold
Sells for a median 93% of original asking — 27% at or above ask · 83 sold
0% cut their price before selling · 83 sold
Market conditions among homes that sold over the last 24 months.
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Single-family homes here typically sold around $169,000 over the last 24 months — +9% on a mix-controlled price-per-square-foot basis over two years (Nova Scotia as a whole: +13%). Assessed values moved +62% over three years.
As of the 2021 Census, about 5,395 people live here, with a median household income near $52,340. 70% of homes are owner-occupied and 68% are single-detached.
Roughly 15 homes were added in the last five years — about 0.9% of the stock.
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Recorded sales
Registry of deeds · ungated| SEP 17 2026 | 323 Patrick Street, New Waterford | $195,000 |
| SEP 03 2026 | 366 Twelfth Street, New Waterford | $153,000 |
| AUG 19 2026 | 787 Heelan Street, New Waterford | $236,000 |
| JUL 15 2026 | 496 Smith Street, New Waterford | $130,000 |
| JUL 15 2026 | 427 Twelfth Street, New Waterford | $345,000 |
| JUL 15 2026 | 456 Second Street, New Waterford | $143,400 |
| JUL 09 2026 | 3691 Ocean Avenue, New Waterford | $140,000 |
| JUL 06 2026 | 3420 Wood Avenue, New Waterford | $160,000 |
| JUN 26 2026 | 3514 Ross Avenue, New Waterford | $138,000 |
| JUN 26 2026 | 777 Forsyth Street, New Waterford | $146,000 |
| JUN 22 2026 | 246 Curran Street, New Waterford | $267,000 |
| JUN 19 2026 | 664 George Street, New Waterford | $206,000 |
Source: PVSC sales records — single-parcel transfers of $50,000 or more. Multi-parcel conveyances and nominal family transfers are excluded because they aren't market sales.
The figures · three reads
PVSC ROLL · REGISTRYAssessed $/ft² by era built
Pre-19602018+
Sale $/ft² by home type
DetachedSplit-level
Where recent sales landed
Under $300k$300–500k
Price-per-square-foot trajectory PVSC · Sales
Most recent sales landed between $79,900 and $296,930 (10th–90th percentile).
How New Waterford compares to Nova Scotia PVSC + Census · vs NS
The blue dot marks New Waterford against the Nova Scotia tick; the province's own figure is given beside each rail. No position number is printed (DL-69 as applied, docs/16 §D.79).
Who lives here 2021 Census · apportioned
Census figures are apportioned from 2021 dissemination areas to this boundary by parcel share — an honest approximation, not a direct count.
The three reads in full.
Every era, every home type, every price band. PVSC as of 2026-10-04.
About 15 new homes were built in New Waterford over the last five years — roughly 0.9% of its homes. Counts detached, semi, townhouse and small multi-unit homes only — apartment and commercial development are tracked separately, so this is not a count of all new housing units.
Assessed value per ft², by era built
Recent sale price per ft², by home type
Where recent sales landed
| Sydney | $235,000 | +8% | 5,900 |
| Glace Bay | $205,000 | +15% | 4,768 |
| Sydney Mines | $178,250 | +18% | 2,084 |
| North Sydney | $194,000 | +17% | 1,878 |
| Northside East Bay | $237,000 | +21% | 1,741 |
| Westmount | $283,500 | +12% | 1,252 |
| Sydney River | $415,250 | +14% | 1,134 |
| Coxheath | $369,000 | +13% | 1,124 |
| Albert Bridge | $287,250 | +14% | 965 |
| Marion Bridge | $260,000 | +36% | 904 |
| Howie Centre | $377,500 | +26% | 769 |
| Reserve Mines | $169,000 | +10% | 714 |
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An area profile for New Waterford — how the area has moved, never a per-home estimate or a forecast. Market figures cover the last 24 months of arm's-length single-family sales (Property Valuation Services Corporation); the trend is on median price per square foot, which controls for which homes happened to sell. Where recent sales are too thin to be reliable, the typical-price figure is suppressed and the assessed-value movement is shown instead. New-build premiums hold home size constant. Demographics are from the 2021 Census of Canada, apportioned from dissemination areas to this boundary by parcel share.
Sources — PVSC (sales & assessment, Open Data & Information Government Licence – PVSC & Participating Municipalities) · Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (Statistics Canada Open Licence) · governance boundaries © Open Data Nova Scotia (Open Government Licence – Nova Scotia) · market data as of October 2026.